Red Sea Film Festival Adds Spike Lee, Jackie Chan to Starry In-Conversations Section

Kicking off its second edition on December 1, the Saudi Arabian Red Sea Film Festival continues to add significant talent to its lineup, including two Oscar winners.

Spike Lee, Jackie Chan and Andrew Dominik join an ever-growing array of big-name directors who are flying to the coastal city of Jeddah for a series of Jeddah talk sessions over the course of the next 10 days.

The trio joins the likes of Andy Garcia, Akshay Kumar, Nadine Labaki, Guy Ritchie, Luca Guadagnino, Fatih Akin, Adil El Arbi & Bilal Fallah, Kaouther Ben Hania, Michel Ocelot, Gaspar Noah, Nelly Karim, Ranbir Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan. . , with more yet to be confirmed.

“Our schedule of In-Conversations taking place at this year’s festival brings together some of the leading voices in Bollywood, Arab and international cinema, sharing their journeys to the big screen and the wisdom they’ve learned along the way.” said the executive director of the festival. Mohamed Al Turki. “We are delighted to be able to further share their voices with the Saudi public and honor this truly eclectic group with our powerful series of insightful and intimate conversations.”

The Red Sea Film Festival, which runs from December 1 to 10, opens with Kumar’s film What does love have to do with it?and closes with the world premiere of the Saudi feature film valley road.